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ANOTHER ILLEGAL FIREARM DISCOVERED AND SEIZED IN ST. KITTS

Published 4 June 2017

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 04, 2017 (RSCNPF): An early morning citizen safety patrol and search by officers of the Special Services Unit (SSU) and members of the St. Kitts Nevis Defence Force in St. Pauls has resulted in the seizure of an illegal firearm and matching ammunition.

While patrolling and conducting searches around 6.00 am on Sunday (June 04), the patrol discovered and seized of one Cobray M-11 pistol with a magazine containing fifteen (15) rounds of ammunition hidden on a property.

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Statement on “Blue Finance proposal” issued by “The Department of Marine Resources”

Published 4 June 2017

Statement on the “Blue Finance proposal” issued by “The Department of Marine Resources”

Contrary to reports being circulated, there is no agreement in place between Blue Finance and the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis to manage our marine space.

St. Kitts and Nevis Marine Management Area (SKNMMA) was established on August 18th 2016. The Department of Marine Resources has received a proposal from Blue Finance to assist the Federation with the management of these vulnerable marine resources in a sustainable manner.

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ROBUST POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AIM TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY AND REPUTATION OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS’ SECURITY FORCES

Published 4 June 2017

ROBUST POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AIM TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY AND REPUTATION OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS’ SECURITY FORCES

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JUNE 2ND, 2017 (PRESS SEC) – Safeguarding the public’s respect and confidence in St. Kitts and Nevis’ security forces is a priority of Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris’ administration, which has established robust policies and procedures to protect the integrity of law enforcement agencies and officers.

“When the public has confidence in the integrity of our security forces, this leads to better information-sharing by them with regard to criminal activity,” Prime Minister Harris said during his press conference on Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 while discussing stricter recruitment vetting in the Ministry of National Security.

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Second Woman Shot Dead In Nevis

Published 4 June 2017

Police have since issued the following report:

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 03, 2017(RSCNPF) Investigators from the Violent Crimes Unit are investigating a shooting incident that was reported at 10.55pm, on Friday (June 02) in Church Ground Nevis that resulted in the murder of one person.

The victim is identified as Lydia Jacobs, a 37 year old female.

Investigations revealed that Ms. Jacobs was shot in the yard of her residence by an unknown assailant(s).  She was taken to the Alexandria Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

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Car Crashes Into Fishing Boat

Published 4 June 2017

 

The Traffic Department is investigating a single vehicle accident Saturday morning where a car jumped a curb side walk in Newtown and crashed into a fishing boat on that same side.

Sometime after 10:00 am, a rental car R908 was traveling westerly along the Bay Road in the Newtown area, when in swerved off the road and crashed into a fishing boat and wall on the sea-side of the busy road.

The vessel was grounded on the side of the road at the time of impact.

 

EMS did respond to the accident although no one at the scene appeared to be injured.

The car was extensively damaged at the front and the rear of the boat received the brunt of the impact.

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